The Practice

I recently challenged myself to infuse all that I do with artfulness. Listen in for a little insight into how that looks and what I have learned along the way.

How often have we been asked what we want to do with our lives? And how often does that question feel like a heavy looming pressure on the decisions we make right now? What if, instead, we asked ourselves what we feel excited about presently — what if we could use moment to moment feedback to guide ourselves instead of placing some sort of arbitrary goal post far into the future? Listen in for some conversation on just that & some insights into how we can decrease the amount of pressure we out on ourselves while simultaneously living in a way that feels more aligned.

While we are all familiar with what hope is, we don’t always recognize its discrete components. Hope is partly the ability to envision a goal, and partly the agency to execute steps toward that goal. The feeling of hopelessness, then, can be attributed to a lack of vision or a lack of agency. Listen in for some ideas on how to further cultivate hope within yourself as well as some practical steps in developing both key components of white hope is.

Thoughts like “I should..” or “If only…” indicate that we are pushing against the reality of our current experience. And only when accepting where we are can we act from a place of power. Tune in for some discussion of the different ways in which we push against reality and some ideas on how to empower ourselves to act from where we are.

Tune into this episode for a look into the difference between joy and happiness and and examination of how connection can facilitate greater joy in your life.

Our core values guide all we do and often make the difference between feeling good about a decision versus feeling regret. If we aren’t clear on our values, though, we can tend to live by default instead of by design. Tune in for some conversation on this topic that might help you clarify your own values and then proceed to live by them.

There are a lot of challenges surrounding apologies - in both receiving and delivering them. Listen in for some ideas on how to apologize in a way that aligns with your values (not just social norms) as well as ideas on how to receive apologies in a way that validates the experience and other person involved.

Caring for oneself is often depicted as taking luxurious bubble baths putting on facemasks and eating decadent chocolate cake. In reality, there are far more useful, practical, and meaningful steps we can take in building a relationship with ourselves. Listen in for three solid ideas.

What does it take to retire the futile and frenetic tendencies toward perfectionism? How do we set ourselves up to find contentment in what is “good enough”? Listen in for some thoughts.

We’ve all been there: a conversation turns unexpectedly heated, and we notice our heart racing and skin temperature rising. What do we say or do next? How do we navigate the moment in a way that aligns with our values? Listen in for ideas relating to digital and in-person interactions.